What you Wish For

 “Be careful what you wish for,” Mama always said.

Oh, Mama, if I had only really listened.

I wanted to feel again.

I wanted to hurt – if that was all I could feel,

that's what I wanted.

If I had to fear to feel,

that's what I wished for.

 

Oh, sweet boy,

once removed from my own --

with your gap-toothed smile

and crushes on girls who don't understand you!

How dare that insidious... THING!

chew away at your leg

your youth

your life

like some demonic hamster

on a piece of lettuce.

 

I would never have wished this upon you

even if it meant I could feel.

 

 

Reviews

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Wow this is a powerful and emotional poem....

"If I had to fear to feel,

that's what I wished for.